Indexed shipping-book



(No Model.)-

F. C. JOHNSGN.

INDEXBD SHIPPING BooK.

No. 394,576. Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT"OEEICE FREDERICK C. JOHNSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA.

INDEXED SHIPPING-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,576, dated December18, 1888.

Application filed August 13, 1888. Serial No. 282,595. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. JOHNSON, a citizen ot' the UnitedStates, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IndexedShipping-Books; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings. Y

The object of my invention is the construction of shipping-books with aconvenient arrangement of original and duplicate sheets provided withindex-tags to facilitate the checking of articles for shipment; and theinvention consists, stated generally, in a shipping-book composed oforiginal and duplicate shipping-lists provided with index-tags arrangedin series and detachable blanks interposed between and separating thesheets and tags of the several series.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of an openshipping-book containing my improvements. Fig. 2 shows one of theduplicate leaves detached, and Fig. 3 a detail view of one of the blankst'or separating the sets of lists and tags.

In said drawings, A A designate, respectively, the sides and back of thebook.

B B designate permanent sheets suitably lettered and spa-ced to adaptthem for use as original shippin g-lists.

C C are detachable sheets secured in the book in alternation with thesheets B, and suitably lettered to adaptthem for use as duplicates ofthe lists made on the sheets B. The lists may be imprinted on theduplicate sheets by the interposition of carbon paper between the twosheet-s in the usual way While the original entries are being' made. Thesheets C are rendered detachable by means ot'- the perforations c onlines near to and parallel with the back A', and when removed leavestubs c. Each of the sheets C is provided with a tag, d, at its outermargin, suitable for indexing, with the name or initials of theconsignee ot the goods, and the tags are so arranged that all ot' aseries or set will be exposed to view when the book is opened. In thisway any desired list of a series can be readily referred to by takinghold of the appropriate tag and opening the book at that place.

The leaves B and C may be of equal size, but should be of less widththan the book sides A, and the tags (Z may project beyond the leavesnearly to the margin of the sides A. The book may have any convenientnumber of leaves provided with the tags d, arranged in serie-s alongtheir outer edges, and the series of tags are separated into sets byblank sheets l, that extend to their outer edges, so that in using` thetags of a set the sheets E will conceal the tags of the underlyingseries and prevent their being taken hold of by mistake. 'lhese sheets Ehave lengthwise and lateral rows of perforations c, to enable the sheetsor desired portions of them to be torn out to expose the tags or a partof the tags otthe next series when the checking of one set ot' lists ora portion of it has been completed and the duplicates detached.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Iatent, 1s-

l. In a book, the combination, with the leaves having projectingindex-tags arranged in series, of dr t reliable lfaves at intervalscovering the tags and separating the several series, substantially asset forth.

2. In a shipping-book, the combination, with the permanent leaves andthe detachable leaves having projecting index-tags arranged in seriesalong the margins, ot' the interposed leaves covering the tags anddividing them into sets and provided with perforations for detachingthem, substantially as set forth.

FREDERICK C. JOHNSON.

Vitnesses:

E. MooN, P. H. GUNCKEL.

